by Len Fisher | 30 Jan 2015 | Mini Stories from Science
Julian Huxley, grandson of the famous Victorian biologist T.H. Huxley (aka “Darwin’s bulldog”) was a famous scientist in his own right. Apart from being the founding director of UNESCO, he was also the first person to interpret the apparently random and erratic...
by Len Fisher | 27 Jan 2015 | Mini Stories from Science
Before the days of the Internet, letters were the most common form of communication, and scientists received some very curious letters from people whom they did not know and who they had never heard of. I have myself received some beauties, especially after I received...
